Telephone-receiver head-piece.



J. '0. BRADLEY.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER HEAD PIECE.

APPLICATION vFILED JUNE 30,1915. E 1 182,1 38, Patented May 9,1916.

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Jriiunso. BRADLEY, 0mm roan, N. Y.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER HEAD-Pinon.

To all to 700m it may 001mm -12 Be it known that 1 James O. BRADLEY, a

citizen. of the United States, residing at New York, in the county ofNew York, State of New York, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Telephone-Receiver HeadQPieces; and I. do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as'will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use'the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in telephonereceivers, and is particularly directedto the provision of a head piececarrying suitable receiver apparatus for fastening to the head of theoperator, and which when removed is adapted to engage with the usualhook of a telephone to hold it down in conventional manner.

It is the object of the present invention to provide such a receiverhead piece carrying receiver portions which are adapted to engage overboth ears of the wearer, to exclude undesired noises and to provide atthe same time a receiver at each ear.

It is further an object to provide such a device which may be readilyattached to or detached from a persons head, it being un-- derstood thatthe; device is particularly adapted to be usedin an oiiice or shop wherethere usually occurs a great deal of noise, and by various persons whomight desire to use the phone without the necessity oi": removing theirhats.

It is still further an object to provide such a head piece which isexceedingly simple in structure so as to conducc to lightness anddurability in operation, and to permit manu facture at a comparativelylow cost.

With the above and other objects and ad vantages in view, the inventionresides more particularly in the novel combination, for mation andarrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, where similar charactersof reference designate the corresponding parts throughout the severalviews, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvedrcceiver head piece. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken on the line2 2 of Fig.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed June30, 1915. Serial No. 37,221.

1, and showing the hinge connection of the receiver carrying arms.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, theimproved de vice is shown as comprising a cylindrical block 5, whichcarries a circumscribing rib 6 and is of substantially the shape of thebutt end of an ordinary receiver, so as to engage the hook ofthetelephone and properly hold it down when the device is not in use.

Passed transversely through this block is a bar 7 which has its endportions outwardly of the block directed laterally parallel to the axisof the block and adapted to extend therebeyond to form a means forpivotally securing the arms 8 which carry at their free ends receivers9, this securing means for each arm preferably comprising a pin 10passed through the bifurcated inner end of the arm and through theadjacent end of said bar. To resiliently urge these arms together toproperly hold the receivers to the ears of the person using the device,a bowed leat spring 11 has one, end secured to the inner face of eacharm 8 adjacent its pivotal connection, and has its other end secured at12 to the adjacent end portion of the bar,

tached wires 14: leading to the telephone,

and wires '15 leading to the receiver members 9.-

Thus a comparatively simple device has been provided which may bereadily grasped by a person, and attached so as to cover both ears andexclude undesirable noises which might otherwise interfere with properuse of the telephone. The block 5 also serves as a handle, whereby thedevice may be readily manipulated, and whereby it may be grasped toassist in holding the device to the head.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A telephone receiver head piece comprising ablock cylindrical in shape and provided with an-annular rib at one endto engage, a telephone hook, a pair of arms pivotally connected with theother end of the block and resiliently urged together, binding postscarried by the block, receiver members carried by said arms and wiresconnecting said receiving members and the binding face of each armadjacent its pivot and to 7 posts. the adjacent end portion of the bar.10 2. Atelephone receiver headpiece compris- In testimony whereof, Iaffix my signaing a body block, a bar passed transversely ture, in thepresence of tWo Witnesses. through said block and having its ends bentJAMES O. BRADLEY. laterally to extend therepas't, receiver carry-Witnesses: ing arms pivoted to the extremities of said FRANK L.RA'roLIFr, ends and a leaf spring secured to the inner PHILIP F.LEARNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents, washington n. G."

